†Paradaphoenus Wortman and Matthew 1899 (bear-dog)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Parent taxon: Amphicyonidae according to R. M. Hunt 2001
Sister taxa: Afrocyon, Amphicyanis, Amphicyoninae, Aphicyoninae, Arctamphicyon, Brachycyon, Cynodictis, Daphoeninae, Drassonax, Goupilictis, Guangxicyon, Haplocyon, Haplocyoninae, Haplocyonoides, Haplocyonopsis, Harpagophagus, Ictiocyon, Pachycynodon, Protemnocyon, Pseudamphicyon, Pseudarctos, Pseudocyonopsis, Sarcocyon, Symplectocyon, Temnocyoninae, Thaumastocyoninae, Vishnucyon
Subtaxa: Paradaphoenus cuspigerus, Paradaphoenus minimus, Paradaphoenus tooheyi
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore